McCartney on Bass Influences
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All on Mon Jan 3 03:19:26 2022
Q: You were responsible for many musicians in the later 60s starting to accept the bass in a new way, compared to what you were saying about "lumbered" with it around 1960.
McCartney: It became a bit more skillful, yeah. I wouldn't personally credit myself, but thanks for that. But part of it, I think, [Motown session bassist] James Jamerson, him and me, I'd share the credit there. I was nicking a lot off him. [Snip
of comments on McCarrtney's father's influence.] Mainly as time went on it was James Jamerson -- who became just my hero really. I didn't actually know his name until quite recently. James was very melodic and that got me more interested.
Actually he and Brian Wilson were my two biggest influences: James because he was so good and melodic, Brian because he went to very unusual places. Brian would use, if you were playing in C, he'd stay on the G a lot just to hold it all back, and I
realized the power you had within the band.
[End of interview excerpt.]
McCartney doesn't specify which supposed Brian Wilson basslines he refers to. If he's talking about the ones from the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, the bassist was actually Carol Kaye.
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